Has the US just engage in a war in Yemen? With indiscriminate killings by drones ?

Quote : Reporting from Washington— A U.S. military drone strike killed a top Al Qaeda operative in Yemen and the son of Anwar Awlaki, the American-born cleric killed in a similar strike two weeks ago, Yemeni security officials said. As political unrest continues to roil Yemen, the U.S. has escalated its attacks against Al Qaeda's affiliate in the country. Yemeni officials told reporters that nine members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula were killed in the strike near the town of Azzan in southeastern Yemen, including Awlaki's 21-year-old son, Abdul-Rahman Awlaki, and Egyptian-born Ibrahim Banna, whom officials described as the media chief of the Al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen. The killing of Anwar Awlaki was hailed as a major victory against Al Qaeda's most active and creative branch. Anwar Awlaki, who was born in New Mexico, was known for his carefully reasoned sermons posted on the Internet and on YouTube urging Muslims to attack the United States.

Im pretty sure this is another conflict overseas that our gov't and Obama has signed on to.. So we got Afghanistan, Iraq, Lybia, and now the "new" hotbed of terror Yemen.. Wow that must be a new record of war ( opps "conflicts" ) we are engaged in

Also whatever your feelings about Al Awlaki being assassinated by US drones, even on baseline justification of the "spin" the US put on him...
What justification did the US have for killing his son? I didn't hear any justification or reasoning as to why his son was gulity or deserving to be assassinated too.. Along with the other 8 "militants" killed

So has the US now just cross that line and engage in indiscriminate ( no due process, no court judgement, not even a media excuse or justification ) as to why they choose to kill someone..

Don't know bout you but you might want to stock up on some SAM, AA, or AAAD too..
Considering you might want to start excercisng your Constitutional right as to not be killed by your beloved US gov't without due process and to not allow the gov't to kill you without at least having some right to stop it. ( future by air assassinations )

It's completely justified for the US to kill as many terrorists(US born or not makes no difference) as they can in Yemen or whatever hostile lands that they hide in with Drones.

USA #1

Drones

^ wow, it's that undying support to fight terrorism that's going to be the end of us all

Sad when people support killing a US citizen without a fair trial.

Quote from bigpimpatl : ^ wow, it's that undying support to fight terrorism that's going to be the end of us all Sad when people support killing a US citizen without a fair trial.

8 militant al qeada including his 17yo terrorist son was killed by a drone with persmission by the yemen government.

So let me ask if you're williing to risk your life to go into a militant al-qeada camp in yemen so that you can safely bring him back for a trial? i'm all up for a trial over a drone attack, but not at the risk of American troops getting killed in unsecured hostile lands to bring this POS back!

will you do it for us please big pimp? ATL represent!

Quote from bigpimpatl : ^ wow, it's that undying support to fight terrorism that's going to be the end of us all Sad when people support killing a US citizen without a fair trial.

If the person makes themselves a military target by joining an enemy that we are at war with, then they have no right to a "fair trial" before being dispatched.

Quote from bigpimpatl : Sad when people support killing a US citizen without a fair trial.

Are you serious? So if a US citizen went to Germany to serve in WW II, would it be a crime to kill him in combat?

That man declared war on us. And the Yemeni Government stated that they helped the US plan the attack.

Quote from Ryu-bom : Im pretty sure this is another conflict overseas that our gov't and Obama has signed on to.. So we got Afghanistan, Iraq, Lybia, and now the "new" hotbed of terror Yemen..

According to our friends here on the Left, no, this does not constitute a war.
These kind of actions, only upset Dems, if a Republican is in office.

On the other hand, I'm all for these actions. I say, take these scum out, where ever we find them....

Quote from Rebound : Are you serious? So if a US citizen went to Germany to serve in WW II, would it be a crime to kill him in combat? That man declared war on us. And the Yemeni Government stated that they helped the US plan the attack.

Exactly. Take these fools out.

We're doing this in Parkistan too. However, I agree with the neo-cons here that this is a good thing.

Quote from lance29 : 8 militant al qeada including his 17yo terrorist son was killed by a drone with persmission by the yemen government. So let me ask if you're williing to risk your life to go into a militant al-qeada camp in yemen so that you can safely bring him back for a trial? i'm all up for a trial over a drone attack, but not at the risk of American troops getting killed in unsecured hostile lands to bring this POS back! will you do it for us please big pimp? ATL represent!

let me know what specific crimes he's committed.

Has he ever been indicted by the government? how about on a terrorist watch list? What did his son do? Obviously he's "al qaeda" so we have the right to kill him correct?

Quote from Lilian : We're doing this in Parkistan too. However, I agree with the neo-cons here that this is a good thing.

No, you see, it's the NeoCons who agree with President Obama in this case

It's so disturbing to see the Republicans and Democrats come together on summarily executing American citizens without due process.

Quote from JimOfTroy : It's so disturbing to see the Republicans and Democrats come together on summarily executing American citizens without due process.

What would you propose as an alternative to the drone killing in order to deal with a person widely seen as a threat to the USA?

Quote from Epiphyte : What would you propose as an alternative to the drone killing in order to deal with a person widely seen as a threat to the USA?

You're right, there's no alternative. Drone killings for everyone!